Harry Blumenau CDG CSA

Casting Director

Biography

Harry is a casting director for theatre, TV and film. He won the 2025 WhatsOnStage Best Casting Direction Award for Why Am I So Single?

… it’s all held together by a fantastic cast of nine, half making their professional stage debuts (though you’d never imagine it for a second)
WhatsOnStage on Babies (The Other Palace)

Credits

In Development

Production Company Notes
KINKY BOOTS
2026
London Coliseum

Casting Director
Dir. Nikolai Foster

BANK OF DAVE
2026
Leicester Curve

Casting Director
Dir. Nikolai Foster

BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL
2026
Prince Edward Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Alex Timbers

PUBLIC: THE MUSICAL
2026
Leicester Curve

Casting Director
Dir. Hannah Sands

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
2026
Crossroads/UK Tour

Casting Director
Dir. Nikolai Foster

DIRTY DANCING
2026
UK Tour

Casting Director
Dir. Frederico Bellone

DIRTY DANCING
2026
Capital Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Frederico Bellone

Theatre

Production Company Notes
LEGALLY BLONDE
2026
Leicester Curve/UK Tour

Casting Director
Dir. Nikolai Foster

ROCK & ROLL MAN
2026
Salisbury Playhouse

Casting Director
Dir. Randal Myler

BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FOOL
2026
Southwark Playhouse

Casting Director
Dir. Michael Greif

RIDE THE CYCLONE
2025
Southwark Playhouse

Casting Director
Dir. Lizzi Gee

MIDNIGHT
2025
Sadlers Wells: East

Casting Director
Dir. Todrick Hall

FANNY
2025
King's Head Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Katie-Anne McDonough

THE LAST FIVE YEARS
2025
Barn Theatre/Reading Rep

Casting Director
Dir. Hal Chambers
Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best Studio Production

EVITA
2025
London Palladium

Children’s’ Casting Director
Dir. Jamie Lloyd
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival
Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best Musical Revival
Nominated for Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Revival Of A Play or Musical

BURLESQUE
2025
Savoy Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Todrick Hall

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
2025
Prince Edward Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Jonathan O’Boyle
Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best Concert Event

GLORIOUS!
2025
Hope Mill Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Kirk Jameson

KINKY BOOTS
2025
Leicester Curve/UK Tour

Casting Director
Dir. Nikolai Foster

SCISSORHANDZ
2025
Southwark Playhouse

Casting Director
Dir. Bradley Bredeweg

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
2024
Charing Cross Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Andrew Beckett

WHY AM I SO SINGLE?
2024
Garrick Theatre/Kenny Wax Ltd/Ameena Hamid Productions

Casting Director
Dir. Lucy Moss & Ellen Kane
WhatsOnStage Award for Best Casting Direction
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best New Musical
Nominated for WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Musical

WINGHAVEN PARK
2024
Thomas Hopkins Productions

Casting Director
Dir. Gabriel Barre
Staged workshop

YOUR LIE IN APRIL
2024
Harold Pinter Theatre/Carter Dixon McGill

Casting Director
Dir. Nick Winston

BURLESQUE
2024
Manchester Opera House/Theatre Royal Glasgow/Adama Entertainment

Casting Director
Dir. Nick Winston
Broadway World Awards for Best New Production of a Musical and Best Regional or Touring Production

BLIPPI: THE WONDERFUL WORLD TOUR
2024
Harold Pinter Theatre/Carter Dixon McGill

Casting Director
Dir. Simon Greiff

BABIES
2024
The Other Palace

Casting Director
Dir. Martha Geelan

FANNY
2024
Watermill Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Katie-Ann McDonough

YOUR LIE IN APRIL
2024
Theatre Royal Drury Lane/Carter Dixon McGill

Casting Director
Dir. Nick Winston

MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE
2024
Leicester Curve/UK Tour

Revival Casting Director
Dir. Nicole Behan

WILD ABOUT YOU
2024
Theatre Royal Drury Lane/Carter Dixon McGill

Casting Director
Dir. Nick Winston

UNBELIEVABLE
2023
Criterion Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Derren Brown, Andrew O’Connor & Andy Nyman
Nominated for CDA Award for Best Casting of a Live Performance

DEATH NOTE: THE MUSICAL
2023
London Palladium/Lyric Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Nick Winston

ON THE ROPES
2023
Park Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Anastasia Osei-Kuffour

GLORY RIDE
2023
Charing Cross Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Kelly Devine

TREASON
2023
London Palladium/Alexandra Palace/UK Tour

Casting Director
Dir. Hannah Chissick

DISRUPTION
2023
Park Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Hersh Ellis

THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL
2023
Southbank Centre/UK Tour/Selladoor

Casting Director
Dir. Tara Overfield-Wilkinson
CDA Award for Best Casting of a Live Performance

TREASURE ISLAND
2023
Barn Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Bryan Hodgson

PRIVATE LIVES
2023
Barn Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Bryan Hodgson

ONCE
2023
Barn Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Dominic Shaw

DIRTY DANCING
2023
Dominion Theatre & UK Tour

Casting Director
Dir. Frederico Bellone

CINDERELLA
2022
Theatre Royal Stratford East

Casting Director
Dir. Eva Sampson

STARCROSSED
2022
Wilton's Musical Hall

Casting Director
Dir. Philip Wilson

TREASON THE MUSICAL: IN CONCERT
2022
Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Casting Director
Dir. Hannah Chissick

THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF MARIAN AND ROBIN HOOD
2022
Barn Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Francesca Goodridge

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
2022
Barn Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Paul Milton

KINKY BOOTS: IN CONCERT
2022
Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Casting Director
Dir. Omar F Okai

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
2022
Barn Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Kirstie Davies

CHESS: IN CONCERT
2022
Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Casting Director
Dir. Nick Winston

SOME ENCHANTED EVENING
2022
Barn Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Paul Milton

DICK WHITTINGTON
2022
Theatre Royal Wakefield

Casting Director
Dir. Rhiannon Hannon

THE MOZART QUESTION
2022
Barn Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Jessica Daniels

CHOIR OF MAN
2022
Arts Theatre

Co-Casting Director
Dir. Nic Doodson

BLIPPI - THE WONDERFUL WORLD TOUR
2022
Lyric Theatre/ Apollo Theatre/ UK Tour

Casting Director
Dir. Simon Greiff
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Family Show

ALADDIN
2021
Lyric Hammersmith

Casting Director
Dir. Abigail Graham

BUYER & CELLAR
2020
Above The Stag

Casting Director
Dir. Andrew Beckett

FOOTLOOSE
2017 – 2020
West End/UK Tour/International Tour

Casting Director
Dir. Racky Plews

SOHO CINDERS
2019
Charing Cross Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Will Keith

DARK SUBLIME
2019
Trafalgar Studios 2

Casting Director
Dir. Andrew Keates

AMERICAN IDIOT
2017 – 2019
Arts Theatre/UK Tour/International Tour

Casting Director
Dir. Racky Plews

SILK ROAD
2018
Trafalgar Studios 2/UK Tour

Casting Director
Dir. Dominic Shaw

TRYST
2017
Chiswick Playhouse

Casting Director
Dir. Phoebe Barran

CLOSE TO YOU
2017
Criterion Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Steven Hoggett & Kyle Riabko

OUR HOUSE
2017
UK Tour

Casting Director
Dir. James Tobias

BANANAMAN
2017
Southwark Playhouse

Casting Director
Dir. Fred Perry

THE MIKADO
2016
Charing Cross Theatre

Casting Director
Dir. Thom Southerland

Other

Production Company Notes
RESIDENT CASTING DIRECTOR
2015 – 2020
Above the Stag

Casting Director

AIDA
2014 – 2019
Carnival Cruises

UK Casting

Film

Production Company Notes
THE FAMILY AFFAIR
2022
Fishcake Features

Casting Director
Dir. Warren Fischer

TOMORROW MORNING
2021
McGill Productions/Visualize Films

Casting Director
Dir. Nick Winston

BEAST, TYPE, SONG
2019
Tate Britain

Casting Director
Dir. Sophia Al-Maria

Television

Production Company Notes
DERREN BROWN: SHOWMAN
2023
Channel 4/Vaudeville Productions

Casting Director
Dir. Andy Nyman & Andrew O’Connor

PRINCE ANDREW: THE MUSICAL
2022
Hat Trick Productions / Channel 4

Ensemble Casting
Dir. Tom Vinnicombe

Harry Blumenau CDG CSA
Harry Blumenau CDG CSA
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